Mcconaughy PRAISES LIBERAL EDUCATION in TALK at CHAPEL
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, , ·t fl tt Volume XXXII HARTFORD CONN., NOVEMBER 26, 1935 Number 10 McCONAUGHY PRAISES NEW BIOLOGY COURSES THIRTY -FIVE CANDIDATES COMMITTEE TO OPPOSE A new course, tentatively named COMPULSORY CHAPEL TRIPOD JOINS SAFE LIBERAL EDUCATION Biology A, may be added to the REPORT FOR BASKETBALL There has recently been formed ~ urriculum next year, it was a committee whose purpose is to DRIVING CAMPAIGN IN TALK AT CHAPEL learned yesterday. Professor Capt. F~rrucci, Nelson, Kobrosky work for the abolition of compul Bissonnette, head of the biology de Nucleus of 1935-36 Squad; sory chapel services at Trinity. Trinity Fifth College to Enroll Wesleyan University's President partment, said that if such a Reserve Material Strong This committee includes repre in Drive Sponsored by Hartford Times Declares Small Colleges course is given, it will be primarily Thirty-five candidates for the Blue sentatives from all the fraternity Better Than Large for arts students, and will be an and Gold varsity and Jayvee basket houses on the campus and from PRESIDENT SIGNS introductory general course, with ball teams made their appearance last the neutral body. Tentative plans SCORES STATE SCHOOLS little or no laboratory work. Wednesday for the initial workout of call for a ·meeting of the student Dr. Ogilby Joins List of Trinity M'en Such a plan will necessitate add the season. This number was divided body shortly after Thanksgiving Who Endorse Pledge-Stickers Claims Liberal Arts Tradition is ing at least one more assistant to into groups of five, and under the vacation, and t he submitting of a Given to Signers Hurt by Government Rule the personnei of the department. watchful tutelage of Head Coach Ray resolution and petition to t he of Education It is understood that at their next Oosting and the two other Trinity Board of Trustees at t heir next Following the lead of college papers meeting the Trustees will be re coaches, Walt McCloud, and Dan meeting. The members of the com throughout New England, the Tripod Wednesday morning m chapel, quested to make an appropriation. Jessee, the various squads wer e sent mittee are: Reuel Benson, John has joined the Hartford Times cam President McConaughy of Wesleyan If adequate funds a1·e secured, an through a brief scrimmage. Since Clark, Desmond Crawford, Thomas paign for safe driving. Every member l'niversity spoke on the value of cer other advanced course, possibly there are but three veterans return Cusick, Peter Fish, William Gil of the board will assist in the drive embryolog-y, may also be given. f illan, Adolph Hoehling, Donald to get pledges signed by all students tain small liberal arts colleges. He J. ing from last year's squad, Coach said there are only about a half a Oosting- plans to give every aspirant Hurd, Bard McNulty, James Miller, ) who drive cars; blanks have been dozen of this type .left in the world, a thorough trial in an attempt to Peter Mitchell, Duncan Peckham, l especially printed for the Tripod and most of them being in this section SWIMMING TEAM HOLDS select a winning combination. and Joseph Sarcia. ) will be distributed in the fraternity i of the country. Among them are PRELIMINARY WORKOUTS Captain Frank Ferrucci, Ozzie N el houses and at the Union. Trinity, Wesleyan, Bowdoin, Hamil son, and Mickey Kobrosky, returning One of the first pledges was signed ton, Amherst, and Williams. Though Squad Bolstered by Return of lettermen, are being counted upon to ST. PAUL'S WINS OVER . Sunday by President Ogilb'y ~ who ex others, Yale and Harvard for in Six Lettermen-Meet with form the nucleus of a new team for RIFLE .CLUB IN OPENER pressed his satisfaction with the part stance, were formerly in their class, Williams on Schedule which two members of last year•·s Trinity is taking in this campaign. they have become entirely different Already many undergraduates' cars reserves must be drdted to complete Ray Patton's Perfect Score Tops since they have grown so large, be On Tuesday, November 19, the first the starting quintet. The two open have appeared with the red stickers said. varsity swimming practice of the year• Mediocre Trinity Performance on their windshields, bearing the berths will probably be filled by Bob as Rival Count Totals 490 President McConaug·hy believes was held, with 50 varsity candidates O'Malley and either Bill O'Bryon or words: "Safe Driving Pledge Signer tbat in spite of the Ifact that most of turning out in response to Coach Lefty Gometz. Because of football -Campaign Sponsored by The Trinity the attention goes to large State uni Clarke's first call. m.]uries, neither Kobrosky nor Wednesday the Trinity Rifle team Tripod." versities in the West or to the large Six lettermen, Hall C. Motten, R. O'Malley has as yet t urned out for shot its first match of t he season, National recognition has been given private universities like Yale and Motten, Onderdonk, Little, and Benja practice. a postal with St. Paul's School of to th e campaign, and many news Harvard, the smaller colleges are far min, together with Hayward, Sinclair, Only four eligible varsity men have Concord, N. H. This was the first papers have allied themselves with better than the others. We should Connan, N. Fanning, Hinkler, and reported for the preliminary work match the Hilltoppers have had with the Hartford Times in this attempt recognize that they are unique, he de Anderson, all of whom have had ex outs so far; the remainder of the the prep school and were beaten by to control the automobile menace by clared, and try to justify the condi- perience, were put through a light squad is expected t<; t urn out after a score of 490-482. voluntary pledges on the part of 6on~ which makP them different. workout. Freshman candidates were the Thanksgiving hr.:irlay. ~ fter the The Trinity team composed of Pat drivers. Among t he college papers "Small size and intimacy is one instructed to watch varsity swimmers coaching staff has had ample oppor ton, Hoehfing, White, Cushman and which have joined t he Ol•Ve are ' l ' t>~ thing that distinguishes these colleges and to pick up any possible pointers tunity to look over the candidates, Barbour, turned in fair scores, though Harvard Crimson, The Yale News, from others," Dr. McConaughy went in style. several more will be recruited for the the team has hopes of much improve The Daily Dartmouth, and The W es on "The recent action of some of After varsity men had been dis first-string aggregation from the ment as the' season progresses. leyan Argus. the very .large universities proves missed, Coach Clarke addressed the J ayvees. Ray P atton led th e scoring with a Recent stat istics released by the that this condition is desirable. Yale fr eshmen. Several types of swim Among t he more promising Fresh possible 100, and the total score of Times indicate that most accidents and Harvard are' spending millions of ming as taught at Trinit y were men who are already listed as prob t he team was 482 out of a possible are caused by drivers between the dollars to create small colleges within demonstrated for t he benefit of t he able varsit y r eserve mat erial are E d 500. Nicholson's 99 was the highest ages of 17 and 24. In an effort to the large universiyies in an attempt new men, and they were given th e (Continued on page 4.) score to be shot by the winners in reduce this toll among men and women to gain some of the intimacy which regular swimming test. Outstanding amassing their 490 points. St. of college age, the Times is making is found at Trinity or Wesleyan. The .among the freshmen was Slowik, who Paul's has scored 498 and 496 a particular effort to enroll all pos English have always appreciated this was State high school champion in m two previous matches this sea sible students as "pledge" dr ivers. feeling too, for Oxford and Cambridge both the 100-yard free-style and the SIGMA NU WINS OGILBY son, and has been shooting on an out Men who have not been offered have long had this same system of backstroke. Others who showed up door range all fall , under the instruc pledges may sign and procure their small colleges. well at this initial practice were Muir, TROPHY FOR THIRD TIME tion of Captain :r. K. Fisher of t he stickers at the Psi U. house, the Deke "The quality which mainly makes Fenn, Dobkin, and Francombe. Gains Permanent Possession of United States Artillery. house, or at the College Barber Shop. us different from other large and Commenting on this year's schedule Cross Country Cup-Perry lYf atches wi'th N o·rtheastern, W orces The text of the pledge follows: small colleges is our tradition of giv Coach Clarke announced that a Jayvee Breaks Course Record ter Tech, and R. P . I., and others In the inter est of accident preven (Continued on page 2.) (Continued on page 3. ) are planned for the near fut ure. (Continued on page :!. l Against a col)'lparatively small field, the Sigma Nu harriers easily outpointed seven other teams in the Chapel Speakers Outline Organizations annual intramural cross-country run Professor Neumann of Wesleyan Faculty held last Wednesday, to gain perma and Charities of Community Chest Drive nent possession of the Lyman Ogilby Addresses Political Science Meeting In a series of noon-day chapel sonable amount of the money col Trophy, this being their third consec- "The whole trouble in the League took up new and a lmost opposite talks conducted during the past week, lected, to each of the twenty-eight utive victory.